Improvement in faucets



H. OHNMACHT & R. WEISS.

FAUCET.

No. 179,722. v Patented .Iuvly 11, 1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.;

HILAR OIINMACHT AND ROBERT WEISS, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.`

IMPROVEMENT IN FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,722, dated July 11,1876; application filed May 22, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HILAR OHNMAGHT and ROBERT WEISS, of New Orleans,New Orleans parish, and State of Louisiana, have invented a new andImproved Faucet, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a vertical transversesection on line X X, Fig. 2, ot' our faucet; Fig. 2, a front view of thesame; and Fig. 3, a side view of the key for opening the faucet.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention relates to an improved faucet for beer and other barrels,by which they may be tapped with great facility without loss of liquid,and by which the driving in ofthe faucets and consequent dama-ge to thebarrelheads, and the use of the casks, will be dispensed with. v

The-invention consists of a solid plug screwed into the bushing of thefaucethcle, and provided with a smaller turning plug, having a curvedexit-channel that communicates with a similar channel of the cylindricalplug, so

4as to connect and disconnect the channels,

and thereby close or open the faucet.

In the drawing, Arepresents a cast-iron bushing that is screwed i-ntothe faucet-.hole of a beer or other barrel. B is a fixedA plug,

of cylindrical shape, that is tightly screwed into the bushing A bymeans of a forked key entering recesses a of the plug. A second Vsmallerplug, C, of slightly conical shape, is seated in the fixed cylindricalplug B, and attached at the inside by a fastening screw-nut and washer,b, to form a tight connection bevexit-channels.

tween the fixed and turning plug, and prevent any escape of liquid.Thetapering plug O may be readily turned by a suitable key, E, set intoa face recess, d, ofthe plug C. A curved channel, e, extends from theinside end of plug to the side of the same, and a similar channel, e',from channel e through the outer fixed plug to the outside, where itcommunicates with a faucet, D, screwed into a sockethole of the fixedplug B below the turning plug. When the smaller plug G is turned by thekey, so that the channels of both plugs communicate, the contents of thebarrels may be drawn olf; and when the connection ot the channels isdiscontinued the faucet is closed. The barrel is tapped by simplyscrewing in the faucet, and turning the tapering plug by the key untilthe liquid issues. The faucet is closed by turning the key andinterrupting the connection of the Thus, a simple and conveniently-operating faucet and lock that remains stationary in the barrel isproduced, and thereby the tapping of barrels in an instant, and withoutany loss, accomplished by any one.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The turn-plug C and fixed plug B, channeled and combined with bush,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

HILAR OHNMACHT.

ROBERT WEISS.

Witnesses:

JOHN GEORGE BANsoHBUsH, H. LEITZ.

